intent was that these troops would wade across the channel ( now known as breach inlet ) between long and sullivan ' s , which the british believed to be sufficiently shallow to do so , while the fleet bomb ##arded fort sullivan . general lee responded to the british landing with several actions . he began rein ##for ##cing positions on the mainland in case the british were intending to launch an attack directly on charleston . he also attempted to build a bridge of boats to provide an avenue of retreat for the fort ' s garrison , but this failed because there were not enough boats to bridge the roughly one mile ( 1 @ . @ 6 km ) channel separating the island from
intent was that these troops would wade across the channel ( now known as breach inlet ) between long and sullivan's, which the british believed to be sufficiently shallow to do so, while the fleet bombarded fort sullivan. general lee responded to the british landing with several actions. he began reinforcing positions on the mainland in case the british were intending to launch an attack directly on charleston. he also attempted to build a bridge of boats to provide an avenue of retreat for the fort's garrison, but this failed because there were not enough boats to bridge the roughly one mile ( 1 @. @ 6 km ) channel separating the island from